Senior Research Associate

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Downstream Development Associate

Department: Biopharmaceutical Development

Job Location: Bangalore

About Syngene:  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self
• Compliance to Syngene’ s quality standards at all times
• Hold self and their teams accountable for the achievement of safety goals
• Govern and Review safety metrics from time to time

Core Purpose of the Role:

• The role is for Downstream process development, scale-up, process characterization and technology transfer. It will support the execution/guiding of downstream process experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, communication, and documentation. The process includes all activities related to process development, scale-up and technology transfer.
• He/she must comply with the QMS, safety systems and technical administrative work in the labs. The role will involve understand and plan the experiments with minimal supervision. Execute/guide the fellow executive in Downstream process development experiments. Analyze and interpret data. Updating technical information in meetings or to Team Leader and other team members to deciding action plans.

    Role Accountabilities

• Should be well verse with downstream process unit operations like chromatography, depth filtration, Tangential flow filtration, etc.
• Should be proficient in operation and maintenance of downstream process equipment like AKTA pure, AKTA pilot, TFF systems etc.
• Execute laboratory experiments and documenting them in detail in laboratory notebook and in soft copies.
• Compilation of data, interpretation and preparation of development report, TTD, BPR, SOP, EOP, IOP and technical presentations.
• Draft experimental protocol and getting it reviewed by the team lead.
• Forecasting of material required in a given project where he/she has been assigned a role.
• Always ensure safety and data integrity compliance.
• Should provide data and maintain the SQDECC and other operational excellence activities.
• Follow environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace ensuring individual and lab/plant safety.
• Attend training on environment, health, and safety (EHS) measures imparted company

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

1. Experience
2. Demonstrated Capability
3. Education

Experience

• 3-6 years

Skills and Capabilities

• The role is for Downstream process development, scale-up, process characterization and technology transfer. It will support the execution/guiding of downstream process experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, communication, and documentation. The process includes all activities related to process development, scale-up and technology transfer.

Education

• M.Sc / M.Tech

Equal Opportunity Employer:

It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local law. In addition, Syngene will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities